The caste system stems from an ancient Hindu text, the Rig Veda, which outlines four social categories, including priests, warriors, merchants, and laborers, all of whom stem from a higher being.

India's ancient discriminatory caste system could be making an impact in the U.S., and now some areas are banning the practice. Watch Now Menu Local National Weather Sports Traffic Watch Now ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to o… ...

Castes that evolved from ancient India’s tribes are the basis for the Hindu society that binds most of India’s population. Castes and Hindu society are inseparable. Hence the castes reared ...

A caste system often uses discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. It continues to have an impact on contemporary society in many areas of the world.

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one's birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

In 2020, the state of California sued Cisco Systems for allowing a Dalit tech worker to be harassed by upper-caste Hindu employees in Silicon Valley. Soundararajan’s book is an invitation for ...

This week, years of work culminated in a historic win: On Feb. 22, Seattle became the first American city to explicitly ban discrimination on the basis of caste, after a vote by the city council ...

America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple emerging as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of a rigid hierarchy that's ...

They occupy the bottom of south Asia's ancient caste system and were once called untouchables. Despite decades of Dalit activism and government reforms, they're among India's poorest.